To find out, [John] embarked on a mission to build a USB adapter for his not so new peripheral. Originally used in very early terminals with a Unix GUI, the Depraz mouse utilizes an unusual male ...

When did you last buy a mouse? Did it have a little adapter in the box? There was a time when if you bought a USB mouse, in the box was also an adapter to allow it to be used with the older PS/2 ...

The Microsoft Mouse first shipped in 1983 with a DB-25 serial connector. This was later updated to a DE-9 serial connector, followed by a version compatible with PS/2 ports, and finally, the USB ...

PS/2 and USB are completely different protocols that are not compatible in any way. The adapter simply connected one set of pins to another, but featured zero circuitry. Indeed, it was the mouse ...

Apple sells its own range of USB-C adapters to HDMI ... a much slower 480Mbps USB 2.0 port that good for a memory stick or mouse/keyboard. With its extra USB-A port and faster SD card readers ...